A report from CBS this week revealed the working conditions of tens of thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who work in mines to extract the cobalt needed for lithium batteries.

A recent Bloomberg article has brought to light a harsh reality, the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing child labor rates in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): The appetite for electric cars is driving a boom in small-scale cobalt production in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where some mines have been found to […]

A new coalition of groups in Arizona is seeking to force utilities in the state to generate more power from renewable energy beyond the 15 percent the state currently requires, according to a new report this week.

Legislative leaders in both the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon Senate cast doubt on whether a proposed carbon tax bill could pass in either legislative body this year, according to the Portland Tribune.

A CBS Los Angeles investigation has uncovered that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) are reluctant to use the electric vehicles the department leases as part of a splashy effort to supposedly “go green”:

Earlier this year, Core News Texasreported that authorities were searching for bodies during the clean-up efforts at the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camps in North Dakota as the protesters left to gather in Texas.

“As bad as it sounds, we’re looking for people that may have died and could be wrapped up in a canvas or a tarp or tent.”

Unfortunately, those search efforts led to disturbing and disheartening results when the body of a protester was discovered on Sunday.

“The Morton County Sheriff’s Office says a fisherman found the body of 35-year-old Damjan Nedelkovski of Glendale, California, floating near the shoreline of the Cannonball River in North Dakota on Sunday. An autopsy found no trauma to the body. The cause of death is pending. Friends and family last had contact with Nedelkovski in late October. His stepbrother filed a missing person report in November.”

This death highlights the dangers of engaging in these baseless protests in extreme conditions. Another environmental protest camp in West Texas is on the verge of facing the Texas summer heat that has contributed to over 250 deaths over a five year period.

In addition to the danger of the heat, these Texas protest camps have already attracted dangerous criminals that have chosen to keep their pasts secret from other protesters. One can only hope that these protests will not have the same fatal consequences witnessed in North Dakota.